Narkotinių ir psichotropinių medžiagų ekspertizės terminų aiškinamasis žodynas

GLOSSARY OF EXPERTISE TERMS IN THE SECTOR OF NARCOTIC AND PSYCHOTROPIC SUBSTANCES Vilnius, 2001, 23 p. The dictionary, which was published in a 600-exemplary edition and which, due to its small volume (only half a dozen terms), would be better called a dictionary, was prepared by Dr. Voldemaras Jankauskas, Deputy Director of the Lithuanian Court Expertise Centre, and Vidmantas Vaitekūnas, Head of the Chemical and Biological Research Department, and published by the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Lithuania and the Lithuanian Court Expertise Centre. The preamble states that the dictionary “includes the most common names of narcotic and psychotropic substances, other terms related to this type of expertise. The names of narcotic and psychotropic substances shall be quoted as they are entered in the Lists of Narcotic and Psychotropic Substances (2000) approved by the Ministry of Health.” Sources for the dictionary include the United Nations General Convention on Narcotic Drugs of 1961, the provisions of the Convention on Psychotropic Substances of 1971, and the United Nations Drug Control Programme. Be it. the purpose of the publication is stated as ‘for law enforcement personnel’. At the end of the dictionary there is a short list of literature (14 positions, of which 8 are in English). Title terms are taught in alphabetical order. Most of them have Russian and English equivalents, which are given at the end of the straps. Many heading terms also have their attribution, e.g. : Amphetamines. Psychotropic substance; Heroin. Narcotic substance. Often the title term is repeated in the definition, e.g. : Amphetamine “Amphetamine is one of the most commonly used synthetic psychotropic substances. <...>“; "Cat — a stimulant of the central nervous system <...>". The explanations of the major terms are comprehensive and informative, but the editors did not mention the structure of the dictionary. Terms are not spelled, and most of the names are non-Lithuanian, difficult even to pronounce, e.g.: fencyclidine, cannabinoids, mecloqualone, methamphetamine, tetrahydrocannabinol, etc. 163 See the reference at the end of the article. In dictionaries, such a reference da usually means that a term is referred to į a more suitable term. t. y. ja associated synonymous terms. However, in the spoken dictionary, ši the reference performs several, by the way, different functions. One, ja synonymous terms are linked, but linked in different ways, e.g. : Ephedra. See. : Metcatinone ir Metcatinone — ‘Methcathinone (also known as cphedrone) chemical name <...>“; Hash. See. : Cannabis sativa ir Hemp resin (hashish). Sometimes synonyms are given in the form of normative be references, e.g. : Precursors; Psilocybins. Psilocins. O the editors have not explained the relationship of the other terms associated with the reference. In most of her articles she po lists a string of hyponymous terms (in one even e.g. : 22), Narcotic substances of plant origin See : <...>. Poppies ir jų parts, Aguonų ir jų parts extract, Poppy ir jų Alkaloids, Cannabis sativa, Catha edulis, Cannabinoids, Cannabinoids concentrate, Cannabis, Cannabis oil, Cannabis resin, Cathin, Cathinone, Cocaine, Cocoa tree leaves, Cocoa tree paste, Opiates, Opium alkaloids, Opium, Psilocybin, Psilocin, Tetrahydrocannabinol; Hallucinogens <...>. See Amphetamine derivatives, Phencyclidine, Lysergic, Mescaline, Psilocybin, Tryptamine derivatives. ir jo I don't know why the article Alkaloids po see are provided equivalents: Ankanoudvo. Alkaloids, Quite often the reference term variant differs from the main one, e.g. : Carha edulis (in article narcotic substances of plant origin), but Catha edulis plants ‘Catha edulis — Latin Eastern In Africa ir The name of a flowering evergreen shrub growing in southwestern Arabia. <..>%Tryptamine ir jo derivatives (in article Hallucinogens), but Tryptamines “Unlike amphetamine derivatives, ir jo tryptamine derivatives are less frequently abused. <...>“. Several terms are correctable. One iš jų — Cannabis sativa — seed hemp. We would think that only the Lithuanian term seed hemp should be considered the main one, even though the Latin name of this plant, Cannabis sativa, is mentioned in the definition. Deadline ir to be corrected Catha edulis plants. Who needs the word plants next to the Latin name (and still plural form)? Catha edulis is a — plant. 2003 m. of December 8 d. The Lithuanian name of this plant, arūbinis dusinas, was adopted at the meeting of the Terminology Subcommission of the State Lithuanian Language Commission. In the article coconut ir leaves coconut paste is given the wrong ir Lithuanian Latin name 164 of the plant: coconut tree (Latin: Erythroxylon coca). The dictionary of botanical names provides Erythroxylum coca, the real cocaine tree. Therefore, the following terms are used: cocaine tree leaves and real cocaine tree paste. The spelling of the name opiates (= opiates) needs to be corrected. We would suggest that substances that have a stimulating effect on the central nervous system should be referred to as central nervous system stimulants rather than central nervous system stimulants (The International Dictionary of Words (2000) provides tranquilizers 1 tranquilizers; and the stimulator is a device). The crack should be considered as an unpresentable foreign word (marked ntk. =). It should be recalled that some of the international names of medicines in the dictionary also have Lithuanian equivalents —The Medical Terms Dictionary provides analgesics, painkillers; tranquilizers, sedatives; The dictionary contains only the extract (article Extract of poppies and their parts (other than seeds)), while the Dictionary of Medical Terms and the Medical Encyclopedia contain the extract, the latter of which is the main term (extract, otherwise extract A)’. Many of the shortcomings mentioned here could easily have been avoided. Palmira ZEMLEVICIUTE Received 2003-11-03 Lithuanian Language Institute P. Vileišio g. 5, LT-2055 Vilnius Email: [email protected] 165